{"_id":"6aa9a02412e0ca7ecf937732","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Why did the Prophet ﷺ experience sickness and suffering if he was sinless?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Why did the Prophet ﷺ experience sickness and suffering before his death? Since he was the best of humankind and had no sins that needed to be erased, why did Allah put him through such suffering?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The hardships experienced by the Prophet ﷺ throughout his life were not meant to expiate sins, since he was entirely sinless; rather, they served to elevate his spiritual rank. However, a deeper theological nuance must be understood regarding how the Prophets experience human realities, as articulated by Imam al-Laqqānī in his commentary on his Jawhara:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"\\\"These and similar characteristics are inescapable traits of human nature. However, they pertain only to their outward physical bodies, which serve to interact with and withstand human life, whereas their noble inner states are generally elevated above such limitations, protected from them, and connected to the Highest Realm and the angels to receive knowledge and revelation from them.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"In the Hadith, [the Prophet ﷺ said]: ‘My eyes sleep, but my heart does not sleep.’ (Bukhari 1096 and \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://sunnah.com/muslim:738\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}}],\"text\":\"Muslim 738\"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\")\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"indent\":1},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Thus, he informed us that his inner state, his soul, and his spiritual reality are distinct from his physical exterior. The human frailties that affect his physical body, such as bodily weakness, hunger, and similar states, do not touch his noble inner reality at all, unlike the rest of humanity whose inner states remain bound by human limitations.\\\"\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0400b76658b4c233240","tag":"Seerah: Other","count":20}],"createdOn":"2026-09-15T19:44:36.314Z"}